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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Bombs in Belfast. Twelve People Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 5

Three bombs thrown in Belfast injured 12 people, including one woman critically. One bomb was hurled in the direction of and fell near some solders, but failed…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents—KD.] Goffs Harbor Jetty Surf Fatality. (To thr Editor.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

Sir,—At a general mealing of the members of the Coffs Harbour Surf Life Saving Club, held on 7th instant, we, the undersigned, were…

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Local and General. Accidental Death

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquiry yesterday afternoon by Coroner P. T. Stennett into the death of Thomas Dickson…

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Tram Fatality. Woman Crushed by Wheels. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 3

Cecelia Kelly, aged 54 years, attempted to alight before a tram stopped in Oxford-street, but fell, and the wheels passed over her legs badly…

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Another Belfast Bomb. One Killed, Three Injured London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 3

Another bomb was thrown in Belfast, at a tramcar, one man being killed and three injured…

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Balloon Disaster. Sapper Lost in the Clouds. Another Killed, Several Injured. (Reuter.) LONDON

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 5

"The Times" Paris correspondent telegraphs that an observation balloon was testing Anger's maintelire motor wind lass, when the cable snapped, carrying…

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Big Fires Two Melbourne Outbreaks. "Not Caused by Accident." Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 3

A great fire occurred at the British Imperial Oil Coy.'s stores and works at Spottiswood on Saturday. The flames spread to large stacks of casks, of…

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MOTOR v. Tram a Serious Collision. Five People Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 3

As the result of a collision between a tram and a motor at Kogarah last night, five members of one family named Weston were injured and were…

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Fell Over the Cliffs Bronte Life-savers to the Rescue. One Injured in Rough Sea. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 3

Percival Fitchett narrowly escaped drowning at Bronte on Saturday. He was walking alonge the top of the steep rocks when he suddenly slipped…

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"Slippery Dip" Armidale's Dangerous Amusement. Another Boy Injured. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 2

An Armidale message says: Another accident has occurred in connection with the slippery dip used in the Hospital Carnival, a boy being taken…

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Submarine Sunk. Collision with a Destroyer. All Hands Lost. a Death Roll of 30. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

A Gibraltar message says that during manoeuvres in the Strails a destroyer collided with submarine H42, which was lost with all hands…

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Not a Chance of Escape. Versatile Badly Damaged. Pathetic Scenes at Portsmouth. Probably 40 Drowned. Britain's Submarine Losses. the King's Sympathy. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

The submarine H42, was rising to the surface, manoeuvring, when she was telescoped by the Versatile, going at 27 knots. The submarine came to…

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Aerial Ambulance Injured Man's Quick Trip to Hospital. Tied to Wing of Plane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 4

Many are the uses to which an aeroplane is put these days. As a means of rendering succor in cases of sickness, especially in the backblocks of…

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Seaplane Tragedy Five Persons Drowned. Machine Falls Into Sea. Pilot Picked Up Days Later. New York, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 2

A Miami message says: A passenger seaplane fell into the sea and five passengers were drowned, the pilot being rescued…

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Shooting Fatality. Gundagai

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 5

Two young men named Murdock and Stanley were rowing on the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai when a loaded shot gun in the boat was suddenly…

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Peculiar Fatality Gun Fires Itself. Young Man Killed. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

A Gundagai message says: Two young men were rowing on the Murrumbidgee River yesterday. Both left the boat in shallow water to tow it…

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Tasmanian Tragedy Boat Swamped at Sea. Two Lighthouse Men Drowned Launceston

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 2

Two assistant lighthouse keepers named, Chilcott and Dickinson, on Goose Island, are believed to have hem drowned on Tuesday…

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Troubled Ireland the Premiers' Controversy. Another Belfast Bomb. Three Persons Injured. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 3

Further fires have occurred at Belfast. While a small crowd collected to watch a fire at a jam factory, a bomb…

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Premier Injured. a Fractured Ankle. Going to Bronte Baths. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Dooley, was proceeding to Bronte Baths this morning when he slipped on a tuft of grass on the embankment and fell several feet…

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Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 2

While working on a railway bridge near Nana Glen on Wednesday, a man named Andrew Thouefaon slipped and jammed his thigh be…

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